Liquid-measure.



No. 839,583. I v PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906 F. w. HAVLIGBK;

LIQUID MEASURE.

APPLIUATION FILED BEPT.7,1906.

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LIQUID MEASURE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7,1906.

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LIQUID-MEASURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed September '7, 1906. Serial No. 333.599.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. HAvLroEx, I

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Twin Falls, in thecounty of Cassia and State of Idaho, have invented a new and ImprovedLiquid-Heasure, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention is an improvement in liquidmeasures designed to measureliquids and automatically indicate the weight thereof and also toautomatically indicate the price and register the same.

One embodiment of the invention consists of a cup having a guide at oneside thereof in which is slidably mounted a block cut out on one face,providing a chamber, and a handle connected to a plateand inclosi'ngsaid chamher. A spring mounted in the chamber operates on a rack-barthrough the weight of liquid therein and moves a system of gears thatautomatically indicate and register the price, and a pointer rigidlyconnected to the rack-bar automatically indicates the weight of theliquid.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the measure, showing the parts whenthe measure is empty and in normal position, said section being takensubstantially on the line 1 1 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of thearrow. Fig. 2 is an elevational view at right angles to Fig. 1 with thehandle and detached plate removed. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2with the handle and its detached plate secured in place. Fig. 4 is afragmentary transverse sectional view substantially on the line 4 4 ofFig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryview, on an enlarged scale, of the outer plate containing the dials andpointers for indicating theprice of the liquid; and Fig. 6 is an insideelevation of a gear forming a detail of con struction.

Referring to the drawing figures, the numeral 1 indicates a cup, pail,or the like of suitable capacity and of any desired outward formation,that shown being substantially square in cross-section. One side of thepail is formed by a plate 2, offset at 3 at each side, which inconjunction with the inturned offset edges 4 of each side of the cuplfOIlIlS guideways for slidably containing a plate 5. Secured to theplate 5 and extending its entire length, which is the length of the cup,is a block 6, slightly narrower in width and cut out on its outer face,providing a chamber 7, the latter being normally closed by a plate 8,attached to the edges of the block by screws or any suitable devices andhaving fixed to the exterior thereof a suitable handle 9.

A rack-bar has fixed to its upper end a transverse pin 11, the ends ofwhich are slidably mounted in longitudinal slots provided in the rearface of the block 7 and the plate 8, respectively, a pointer 12 beingcarried at the end of the pin 11 at the outside of the plate 8 and isadapted to traverse graduations thereon marked in pounds and fractionalparts thereof. The lower end of the rack-bar 10 is connected to a rod13, which is preferably an integral part thereof and is connected at itslower extremity with a bracket 14, attached to the plate 2 of the cup. Aslot 14 is provided in the plate 5 and block 6, adapting the bracket toslide therein. A spiral spring 15 surrounds the rod 13 and is attachedat its upper end to the block 6 by a screw 16 and is connected at itslower end to the rod by passing the extremity of the spring through anaperture therein, as indicated at 17.

Journaled in the block 6 and plate 8 is a pin 18, having fixed thereto asmall gear 19 in mesh with the rack-bar 10 and a larger gear 20 at oneside thereof in mesh with a gear 21 of the same size and fixed to a pin22, also journaled in the block and plate. The gear 21 is provided onits inner face with four pivoted dogs 23, equally spaced apart andpressed outwardly by springs 24, engaging their inner faces. Stop-pins25 at the periphery of the gear limit their outward movement. A gear26,fixed to a pin 27, journaled in the block and plate, is adapted to beengaged by the points of the dogs 23 as the gear 21 revolves, therebyturning the gear 26 one tooth for each one-quarter revolution of thegear 21.

A gear 28 is fixed to a pin 29, journaled in the block and plate, and isadapted to be moved one tooth for each revolution of the gear 26 by apin 30, fixed thereto. The ends of the pins 18, 27, and 29 are extendedbeyond the face of the plate 8, where suitable hands or pointers areconnected to them, traversing dials 31, 82, and 33, respectively.

The dial 31 is graduated to indicate up to twenty cents. The dial 32 isgraduated to indicate up to one dollar, and the remaining dial 33 isgraduated to indicate up to twenty dollars, the graduations of each ofthe dials being in multiples of five.

For preventing any relative movement be tween the cup and handle as thecup is being filled or emptied a rack 34 is fixed to the upper end ofthe plate 2 and is normally engaged by a pawl 35, pivoted at 36 to theblock 6 and forced in such engagement by a spring 37. For operating thispawl a thumb-lever 38, bell-crank in character, is pivoted at 39, withits inner arm passing under the tail of the pawl, as best shown in Fig.1.

Assuming the parts of the measure to be in the position shown in Fig. 1,on measuring out a quantity of liquid in the cup the thumblever 38 ispressed to disengage the pawl 35, which transmits the weight of theliquid through the bracket 14' and rod 13 to the spring 15, drawing therack-bar 10 down wardly and revolving the system of gears and also thehands or pointers traversing the dials 31, 32, and 33, indicating theprice thereof and at the same time automatically indicating the weightof the liquid by the pointer 12. When the liquid is poured from the cup,the spring brings the pointer traversing the dial 31 back to thezero-point; but the pointers traversing the dials 32 and 33 remainstationary, since the dogs 23, attached to the gear 21, yield and do notengage the teeth of the gear 26 on the return movement. It is thus seenthat the pointers of the dials 32 and 33 record the price of the totalamount of liquid dispensed.

I have described the invention in detail in order that the constructionand operation might be fully understood. It is, however, evident thatvarious immaterial changes may be made therein, and I consider that I amentitled to such modifications as fall within the scope of the annexedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination of a cup, a member slidable at oneside thereof provided with a chamber, a rack-bar attached to the cup andinclosed by the chamber, a spring attached to the rack-bar and to thesliding member, and a gear mechanism journaled in the chamber, operableby the rack-bar, to indicate the price of the contents of the cup.

2. The combination of a cup, a slidable member having a chamber at oneside thereof, a bar fixed to the cup and mounted in the chamber, aspring connected to the bar and to the slidablemember, and a pointercarried by the bar adapted to indicate the'weight of the contents of thecup.

3. The combination of a cup, a member slidably mounted at one sidethereof, a plurality of gears carried by the slidable member havingpointers fixed thereto for indicating the price of the contents of thecup, means fixed to the cup for operating the gears, and an intermediategear having spring-pressed dogs for engaging the teeth of one of saidgears.

4. The combination of a cup, a member slidably mounted at one sidethereof, a plurality of gears carried by the slidable member havingpointers to indicate the price of the contents of the cup, means fixedto the cup for operating the gears to move the pointers in onedirection, and means adapting some of said pointers to remain stationarywhen the means fixed to-the cup is moved in the opposite direction.

5. The combination of a cup, a chambered member slidably mounted at oneside thereof, a plurality of gears journaled in the chamber carryingpointers to indicate the price of the contents of the cup, meansconnected to the cup for operating the gears, and means for preventingthe turning of one of said pointers in one direction.

6. The combination of a cup, guideways carried by the cup, a chamberedmember slidably mounted in the guideways, a handle attached to thechambered member, a plurality of gears journaled in the chamber carryingpointers to indicate the price of the contents of the cup, a rack-barmeshing with one of said gears and connected to the cup, and a springattached to the slidable member and to the rack-bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK W. HAVLICEK.

Witnesses:

O. A. STALKER, J. M. ROGERS.

